ANALYSIS-Obama's Olympian gamble collapses

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WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's politically risky Olympics gamble failed to bring home the gold on Friday, with the Olympics committee's refusal to grant the 2016 Summer Games to his hometown Chicago...

[I was genuinely surprised by this development not because Europe's anti-Americanism held sway, but because I'd assumed that no President would voluntarily link his prestiege to a descressionary issue without having first worked it to successful conclussion in advance.

I must say it adds some weight to those making the out-of-his-depth argument - it was rank hubris to take such needless liberties with the prestiege of OUR President's office.

Those the Gods would destroy they first make 'rock stars', I guess.]

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